Bernie Madoff Pleading Guilty

Tomorrow is the big day when Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty of 11 Felonies tomorrow in Manhattan Federal Court. If you have been keeping up on this topic, probably you are tired of hearing anything anything related to Mr. Madoff. But the Wall Street Journal ust made a short 10 minute video taking a unique twist on this topic and it might be useful and informative. I would link this video directly but it does not allow me to. Enjoy

Inside the Madoff Scandal

Barak Obam’s Policy That Will Help America

For full disclosure, I dont think President Obama is handling the situation in America and the economy well at all currently. With this out of the way I do have something I really think is amazing that has come out of his office and concurrently goes against many of his Democratic party member.

President Obama speakers on our school system.

He proposed a policy to play merit based pay systems in around the nation in the public school districts.

This policy would create incentives for the educators to care about how well they teach and how well they present the material to the students. Right now, at teacher can have excellent students but its not necessarily a reflection on the teacher if most of the class is doing horribly. There will always be the bright and hard working students who do well because they want to or their parents/society is pressuring them to ace every test. But what about the average student who needs more help from the teacher or the material presented more thoroughly? Our public school system needed help and it was not going to come by leaving the status quo in tact.

The majority of my public school teachers were semi-decent but the rest were mostly hideous. Granted I did have a few stellar teachers in the process but they were the exception to the rule. My teachers I had at private school were much better at what they did and cared more even though their pay usually wasn’t much different then their public school counterparts.

I believe President Obama has hit a home run with this policy proposal. And I never thought I would be saying that either, especially anytime soon.

(For further reading on this topic look at Education Push Includes Merit Pay or full transcript at Obama’s Remarks on Education)

The Start of the Beginning

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